FKIE_CVE-2015-8785
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-02-08 03:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
Summary
The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers a zero length for the first segment of an iov.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.4 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.4 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.4 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.4 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_real_time_extension | 12 |
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